An appeals court has decided that the City of Faribault must undertake a more thorough environmental review of a proposed hyperscale data center before the project can move forward.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by the nonprofit Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA), challenging the adequacy of an environmental assessment worksheet that was approved by Faribault officials, and demanding an in-depth environmental impact statement to better analyze potential impacts of the Archer Datacenters project.
The article includes a concise summary of the saga of the data center plans in Faribault/